US10435865B2 - Trenching assembly for laying in a trench a continuous pipeline and trenching method - Google Patents
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- the present invention refers to a trenching assembly for laying in a trench at least one portion of a continuous pipeline, as well as to a method for laying in a trench a continuous pipeline.
- the present invention refers to an assembly as well as to a method for laying in a trench dug in the earth of an irregular and uneven bed at least one portion of a continuous submerged pipeline.
- continuous pipeline is meant to indicate a structure that extend predominantly along an axial, or longitudinal direction, and is for example a portion, or section, of a pipe for transporting fluid, like for example gas and/or petroleum and/or other hydrocarbons, or a section of a pipe for transporting water.
- Said continuous pipeline can comprise joining elements suitable for example for connecting adjacent pieces of continuous pipeline.
- Said continuous pipeline is suitable for providing a passing flow inside it, and said flow is for example a flow of a liquid or gaseous fluid.
- Said continuous pipeline is submerged, suitable for being laid in a trench dug in a bed of an ocean, sea or lake, and said bed is a bed having irregular or uneven bathymetry.
- bathymetry of the bed is meant to indicate the configuration of the bed, which can be recorded in electronic format.
- information on the bathymetry is meant to comprise at least one signal comprising bathymetry data.
- Underwater trenches can be obtained through “pre-trenching”, i.e. digging a trench before laying the continuous pipeline, or “post-trenching”, i.e. digging a trench after the laying of the continuous pipeline, suitable for laying preferably rigid pipes, i.e. having a relatively high flexional rigidity.
- Vehicles suitable for performing “post-trenching” comprise, in some cases, a hooking device, suitable for keeping said continuous pipeline raised from the bed while the digging tool makes the trench.
- the digging tool can for example comprise a milling group as well as cutting depth adjustment devices that can cooperate with an electronic system for compensating for digging errors, which for example controls the digging parameters, measuring the position occupied by the continuous pipeline when hooked in said hooking device. For example, when the continuous pipeline hooked in said hooking device rises beyond a certain threshold, the compensation system actuates a device for lowering the digging tool to make a deeper trench.
- the pipeline can be raised exclusively due to the irregularity of the terrain.
- vehicles are known that are equipped with wheels or tracks that can be independently height-adjusted, which make the vehicle suitable for digging a trench on a bed that has an inclined or irregular slope.
- the bed is a bed having irregular or uneven bathymetry, i.e. it comprises for example valleys, peaks or protruding rocky formations, or sandy or clay yielding portions
- the digging of trenches by means of known tools can be ineffective, because the vehicle that digs the trench may not be able to move on the highly irregular bed, or tends to reproduce the profile of the bed on the bottom of the trench, thus making a trench with an irregular trench bottom characterized by frequent dips and rises.
- the continuous pipeline to be buried thus rests on projecting portions of the trench bottom and due to its rigidity, a portion thereof at the valleys of the trench bottom remains suspended between successive resting points.
- the continuous pipeline can undergo excessive deformations, for example due to its own weight, the weight of the fluid flowing inside it or due to the load of material with which it is buried.
- Such deformations can generate localized bending of the pipeline and said localized bending can cause the pipeline configuration to go outside the geometric tolerance limits, or shape tolerance, required by the properties of the material that makes up the pipeline itself to ensure the integrity thereof, when the continuous pipeline is in operating conditions. Indeed, it is known that in the areas close to the localized bending of this type there is a concentration of stresses and tensions.
- a vehicle, suitable for laying a continuous pipeline, which moves on an irregular bed can become damaged, particularly when the irregularities of the bed cannot be predicted with sufficient warning.
- a vehicle that moves on an irregular bed can strike against fixed or mobile underwater obstacles, as well as can lose grip on sandy portions of bed or in the presence of yielding portions or unforeseen holes.
- a vehicle suitable for digging underwater trenches is generally connected through a supply cable to a support ship that provides the energy required at least for digging the trench and moving said vehicle.
- document JP5565964B2 shows a three-dimensional detection sonar for detecting the bathymetry of the bed mounted on a ship that cooperates with a vehicle for levelling and flattening beds with irregular bathymetry.
- a purpose of the present invention is to avoid the drawbacks of the prior art and provide a solution to the need to provide an assembly as well as a method for burying a continuous pipeline at a predefined depth, ensuring that said continuous pipeline has a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance.
- a trenching assembly comprising a trench digging device suitable for cooperating at least with a detection device, suitable for acquiring information on the bathymetry of the bed, and with at least one control device, it is possible to obtain a trench in a precise manner even in bed portions having irregular and uneven bathymetry, ensuring that the continuous pipeline has a certain burial depth in said trench and a longitudinal height difference lower than a predefined amount, without needing to level or flatten the bed.
- a trenching assembly comprising at least one control device and at least one command device, which cooperate with said detection device it is possible to precisely adjust the trench digging parameters and the advancing parameters of the trench digging device, as a function of the information on the bathymetry of the bed.
- provision of cutting depth adjustment devices and height adjustment devices of the ground contact units of said trench digging device suitable for cooperating with said control device and said command device, it is possible to optimize the digging and advancing performance based on information on the bathymetry of the bed.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 are vertical top views that schematically indicate—not to scale—a trenching assembly in accordance with some embodiments of the invention (it should be noted that said FIGS. 1-4 are deliberately made not to scale in order to illustrate a single image of various parts of a trenching assembly according to some embodiments of the invention; indeed for example in one embodiment the dimensions of the ship are much greater than the dimensions of a digging device);
- FIGS. 5A-I are schematized section views that illustrate some steps of a laying method in accordance with a possible way of operating
- FIG. 6A is a perspective view that illustrates an enlargement of a portion of a trench digging device
- FIG. 6B is a perspective view of a trench digging device
- FIGS. 7A-G are front views of a trench digging device
- FIGS. 8A-G are section views along the lines A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G, respectively, of FIGS. 7A-G ;
- FIGS. 9A-D are respective front, side, top and axonometric views of a trench digging device, in which the trench cutting tool is in rest position;
- FIGS. 10A-D are respective front, side, top and axonometric views of a trench digging device, in which the trench cutting tool is in a work position;
- FIGS. 11A-C are block diagrams that illustrate a control system in accordance with some embodiments.
- a trenching assembly 1 for laying in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry a continuous pipeline 2 , said continuous pipeline 2 being suitable for being buried in said trench, said trench extending predominantly along a longitudinal direction X-X, comprises:
- said trench comprises a trench bottom 40
- said continuous pipeline 2 is suitable for being laid on said trench bottom 40 .
- Said trench digging device 10 comprises a main body 12 .
- Said trench digging device 10 comprises at least four ground contact units 32 , wherein each ground contact unit 32 comprises at least one height adjustment device 34 , suitable for affecting at least the position of each ground contact unit 32 with respect to said main body 12 independently; in other words, said height adjustment device 34 is suitable for affecting, independently from one another, the position of each ground contact unit 32 .
- Said trench digging device 10 comprises at least one trench cutting tool 30 , suitable for digging in said bed to make said trench, wherein said trench cutting tool 30 comprises a cutting depth adjustment device 38 , suitable for affecting the position of said trench cutting tool 30 with respect to said main body 12 .
- said trench cutting tool 30 is mobile in a rest position, wherein said trench cutting tool 30 is unsuitable for making a trench, and at least one operative position, wherein said trench cutting tool 30 is suitable for digging in said bed.
- said trench cutting tool 30 is suitable for performing a rotation, swinging or roto-translation movement with respect to said main body 12 , between said rest position and said at least one operative position, in the advancing plane of said trench digging device 10 , in other words in a plane substantially parallel to the advancing direction of said trench digging device 10 .
- Said advancing plane is defined as a plane parallel to the advancing direction of the trench digging device 10 and passing through at least one portion of said main body 12 , preferably but not necessarily passing through the barycenter of said main body 12 .
- said trench cutting tool 30 moves in said rest position and said at least one operative position by means of a rotation, swinging in an advancing plane, substantially parallel to said longitudinal direction X-X and passing through at least one portion of said main body 12 , preferably but not necessarily passing through the barycenter of said main body 12 .
- said cutting tool 30 is suitable for performing a movement at least of telescopic translation with respect to said main body 12 , between said rest position and said at least one operative position.
- said telescopic translation movement takes place substantially in said advancing plane.
- Said at least one detection device 20 is suitable for detecting the bathymetry of the bed 4 during the excavation.
- said detection device 20 is suitable for detecting the bathymetry of the bed 4 during the excavation a few moments before said trench cutting tool 30 of said trench digging device 10 is in a position suitable for digging the trench in the bed portion 4 for which the bathymetry has just been detected.
- said at least one detection device 20 is suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the bathymetry of bed portions 4 , in advance of the passing of said trench digging device 10 .
- said at least one detection device 20 is suitable for detecting, simultaneously with the excavation, the bathymetry of bed portions 4 in which a trench has not yet been dug.
- Said at least one control device 101 is suitable for simultaneously allowing the cooperation at least between:
- Said at least one command device 102 cooperates with said at least one control device 101 to affect said height adjustment device 34 of each of said ground contact units 32 and of said cutting depth adjustment device 38 , so as to make said trench having height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X lower than a predefined tolerance 103 and having a predetermined burial depth 104 .
- the height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X of said trench bottom 40 is less than a predefined tolerance 103 and it at a predetermined burial depth 104 .
- predefined tolerance is meant to indicate a threshold geometric value that represents the upper limit that the height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X of the trench can take, to avoid the occurrence of localized bending.
- the value of said predefined tolerance can vary based on the type of material from which the continuous pipeline 2 is made or in relation to the dimensions of the continuous pipeline 2 .
- the value of said height difference along the direction X-X is comprised between 0 meters and 1 meter every 20-50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X and preferably between 0.1 meters and 0.5 meters every 20-50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X.
- said predefined tolerance 103 is substantially 1 meter every 20 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said predefined tolerance is substantially 1 meter every 50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said predefined tolerance 103 is substantially 0.5 meters every 20 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said predefined tolerance 103 is substantially 0.1 meters every 20 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said predefined tolerance is substantially 0.5 meters every 50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X. In accordance with an embodiment, said predefined tolerance 103 is substantially 0.1 meters every 50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction X-X.
- the term “burial depth” is meant to indicate the depth of the trench dug in the bed.
- Said continuous pipeline 2 is suitable for being buried in said trench and covered with a certain amount of material.
- the burial depth can undergo variations according to the different portions of one same continuous pipeline 2 .
- the burial depth is comprised between 0 meters and 10 meters. In accordance with an embodiment, said burial depth is preferably comprised between 0 meters and 6 meters.
- the height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X of said trench must be less than said predefined tolerance 103 so as to avoid the occurrence of localized bending on said continuous pipeline 2 buried in said trench.
- the height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X of said trench bottom 40 is less than a predefined tolerance 103 , so as to avoid the occurrence of localized bending on said continuous pipeline 2 laid on said trench bottom 40 .
- said control device 101 is suitable for comparing at least the information on the bathymetry with said predefined tolerance 103 and with said predetermined burial depth 104 , to process an expected digging profile 100 , and wherein said control device 101 cooperates with said command device 102 to affect at least said cutting depth adjustment device 38 , so as to make a trench having trench bottom 40 substantially corresponding to said expected digging profile 100 .
- said control device 101 at a first instance processes at least information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 acquired by said detection device 20 and said predetermined burial depth 104 to generate a predicted digging profile 90 , and at a second instance, after said first instance, compare said predicted digging profile 90 with said predefined tolerance 103 to generate said expected digging profile 100 .
- said predicted digging profile 90 substantially corresponds to the geometric translation operation, by an amount equal to said predetermined burial depth 104 , of the profile deriving from the information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 detected in a bed portion 4 suitable for laying the continuous pipeline 2 .
- said control device 101 makes said trenching assembly 1 suitable for actuating, during the excavation, a predictive control of the digging and advancing parameters, like for example the relative position of said digging tool 30 and said main body 12 , or the depth and the relative position of the elements comprised in said digging tool 30 , and the relative position of each of said ground contact units 32 with respect to said main body 12 .
- Said predictive control is based on the information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 , so as to actuate said command device 102 to reach digging objectives, like for example predetermined burial depth 104 and height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X less than a predefined tolerance 103 .
- a trenching assembly 1 capable of making in a bed 4 having uneven bathymetry a trench having a height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X less than a predefined tolerance 103 and having a predetermined burial depth 104 makes it possible to safely bury a continuous pipeline 2 also in the presence of a bed 4 having irregular and uneven bathymetry, without having to level the bed.
- a trenching assembly 1 of a continuous pipeline 2 comprising control device 101 based on the detection of the bathymetry of the bed 4 makes it possible to perform a pre-survey aimed at identifying the best-fit solution, with sufficient warning to ensure the possibility of intervening on the digging parameters, like for example the burial depth of the continuous pipeline 2 and the height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X, or straightness of the continuous pipeline 2 .
- a control system 101 that cooperates with the information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 detected by said detection system 20 makes it possible to predict the presence of possible fixed or mobile obstacles on the bed as well as yielding portions of the bed 4 , with sufficient warning to actuate said command device 102 , to affect said height adjustment devices 34 of said ground contact units 32 , so as to prevent mechanical damage to said trench digging device 10 during its movement on the bed having irregular and/or uneven bathymetry.
- said detection device 20 comprises an acoustic localization device, for example sonar using single beam or multibeam scanning or a panoramic echo sounder, or it comprises a laser.
- an acoustic localization device for example sonar using single beam or multibeam scanning or a panoramic echo sounder, or it comprises a laser.
- an acoustic localization device makes it possible to detect the bathymetry of the bed 4 in beds in which visibility is poor or zero, like for example, but not necessarily, in deep water.
- the provision of an acoustic localization device makes it possible to detect the bathymetry of the bed 4 during the excavation step, in which turbulence, dust and/or debris generated by said digging tool 30 make visibility poor or zero.
- said detection device 20 is suitable for cooperating with a satellite positioning system, for example GPS.
- said control device 101 comprises at least one first data processing unit 105 , suitable for processing information at least on the bathymetry of the bed 4 and a control room, suitable for reporting information at least on the bathymetry of the bed 4 to an operator, and wherein said operator actuates said command device 102 so as to affect said height adjustment device 34 and said cutting depth adjustment device 38 .
- said control room comprises at least one interface 107 , suitable for allowing said operator to actuate said command device 102 .
- said interface 107 comprises a visual display unit.
- control room allows an operator to take decisions on the actuation of said command device 102 based on information at least on the bathymetry of the bed 4 .
- said control device 101 comprises at least one programmable logic controller, or PLC. In accordance with an embodiment, said control device comprises at least one digital electronic device.
- said control device 101 comprises at least one first data processing unit 105 , suitable for processing information at least on the bathymetry of the bed 4 , and at least one second data processing unit 106 , wherein said second data processing unit 106 actuates said command device 102 to automatically affect said height adjustment device 34 and said cutting depth adjustment device 38 .
- the provision of said second data processing unit 106 makes it possible to automate the decision process on the actuation of said command device 102 based on at least information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 .
- said first data processing unit 105 and said second data processing unit 106 are a single data processing unit.
- said predefined tolerance 103 is defined based on the settings of an operator.
- said predetermined burial depth 104 is defined based on the settings of an operator.
- said predefined tolerance 103 is set automatically.
- said control device 101 automatically establishes said predefined tolerance 103 based on information relative to the type of continuous pipeline 2 or to geophysical parameters of the bed 4 .
- said trench digging device 10 is suitable for performing “pre-trenching” operations.
- said trench digging device 10 is suitable for digging said trench before laying said continuous pipeline 2 .
- said trench digging device 10 is suitable for performing “post-trenching” operations.
- the digging of the trench takes place when the continuous pipeline is already laid on the bed.
- the continuous pipeline 2 comprises at least one pipeline portion to be laid 5 laid on said bed having uneven bathymetry substantially along an extension of said longitudinal direction X-X.
- said pipeline portion to be laid 5 comprises at least one suspended pipeline portion 3 , suspended between two successive resting points.
- said pipeline portion to be laid 5 can have a substantially different profile from the bathymetry of the bed 4 detected through said detection device 20 .
- said detection device 20 is suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the position di at least one portion of said continuous pipeline 2 .
- a detection device 20 suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the position of at least one portion of said continuous pipeline 2 , allows said trench digging device 10 to be positioned in a variety of configurations with respect to the position of said continuous pipeline 2 .
- said detection device 20 is suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the position of said pipeline portion to be laid 5 .
- said detection device 20 is suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the position of said at least one suspended pipeline portion 3 .
- detection device 20 suitable for detecting, during the excavation, the position of at least one suspended pipeline portion 3 , makes it possible to lay said continuous pipeline 2 in a trench made in the bed 4 having uneven bathymetry, respecting said predetermined burial depth 104 and said predefined tolerance 103 , even when said continuous pipeline 2 comprises at least one suspended pipeline portion 3 , i.e. not resting on the bed 4 .
- said first data processing unit 105 is suitable for separating information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 from the information on the positioning of said pipeline portion to be laid 5 .
- said main body 12 of said digging device 10 is suitable for maintaining constant balance conditions or gradually variable balance conditions, when in operative conditions, irrespective of the irregularities of the bed 4 .
- constant balance conditions or the term “gradually variable balance conditions” are meant to indicate the ability of said trench digging device 10 to maintain the stable balance condition, irrespective of the irregularities of the bed 4 , wherein said main body 12 substantially equally spreads its weight over each of said at least four ground contact units 32 .
- said trench cutting tool 30 offers optimal cutting performance.
- said control device 101 is suitable for actuating a feedback control on the inclination of said main body 12 so as to actuate said command device 102 to affect at least said height adjustment device 34 of at least one di said ground contact units 32 , to maintain the constant balance conditions or gradually variable balance conditions of said trench digging device 10 .
- the stresses deriving from the reaction of the bed terrain 4 to the digging action are compensated by the provision of said control device 101 that cooperates with said command device 102 to affect said height adjustment device 34 of each di said ground contact units 32 .
- the provision of at least four independently mobile ground contact units 32 allows the trench digging device 10 to maintain constant balance conditions in an improved manner with respect to a trench digging device 10 comprising for example only two independently mobile ground contact units 32 .
- said control device 101 comprises at least one alignment sensor (not shown in the figures), mounted on said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 , said alignment sensor being suitable for carrying out inclinometric or gyroscopic measurements.
- said alignment sensor is for example a miniaturized digital inclinometer or a piezoelectric gyroscope.
- the range of variation of the inclination angle del main body 12 must be comprised between 0° and 5° every 10 meters of movement of the trench digging device 10 on the bed 4 .
- the provision of an inclination angle comprised between 0° and 5° every 10 meters of movement of the trench digging device 10 on the bed 4 ensures the constant balance conditions, or gradually variable balance conditions, so as to allow optimal cutting performance of said trench cutting tool 30 .
- said control device 101 is suitable for performing a feedback loop control on the position of said cutting tool 30 so as to actuate said command device 102 to affect said height adjustment device 34 of at least one of said ground contact units 32 and/or said cutting depth adjustment device 38 , so as to maintain the constant balance conditions of said trench digging device 10 .
- said control device 101 comprises at least one cutting sensor (not shown in the figures) mounted on said trench cutting tool 30 , said cutting sensor is for example an inclinometer suitable for detecting the inclination of said cutting tool.
- said trench cutting tool 30 comprises at least one milling group, suitable for making a trench having a straight generatrix.
- said trench cutting tool 30 comprises at least one milling group comprising at least one chain transmission miller. The provision of a chain transmission miller makes said trench cutting tool 30 suitable for digging a trench in a rocky bed.
- said at least one cutting sensor is a load cell, an extensimeter or a piezoelectric force transducer, suitable for detecting the force acting on a portion of said trench cutting tool 30 .
- At least one cutting sensor suitable for detecting the force acting on a portion of said trench cutting tool 30 for example a force generated by the rocky bed on the chain of the chain transmission mill of said trench cutting tool 30 , makes it possible to monitor the stress conditions of said trench cutting tool 30 and therefore prevent damage to said trench cutting tool 30 deriving from undesired interaction with the bed 4 .
- said trench cutting tool 30 is suitable for performing a rotation or swinging movement in a transversal plane, in other words in a plane substantially perpendicular to the advancing direction of the digging device 10 .
- said control device 101 is suitable for performing a feedback loop control on the position of said cutting tool 30 in said transversal plane, so as to actuate said command device 102 to move said trench cutting tool 30 in said transversal plane.
- a trench cutting tool 30 that is adjustable in said transversal plane, it is possible to adjust the inclination of said trench cutting tool 30 where there is no way to adjust the alignment of said trench digging device 10 , for example due to sudden events or excessive unbalancing of said main body 12 , in order to limit the undesired lateral load acting on said trench cutting tool 30 that could damage said trench cutting tool 30 .
- said trench cutting tool 30 comprises a suction device 45 , suitable for sucking the bed earth broken up while making the trench.
- said trench cutting tool 30 comprises an underwater plough, suitable for cutting a bed.
- said trench cutting tool 30 comprises at least one cutting tool of the water-jetting type.
- said support vehicle 18 is connected to said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 through a connection cable 14 , suitable for transmitting a flow of electrical energy and/or a flow of information and/or a flow of fluid or a hydraulic flow.
- said support vehicle 18 comprises said detection device 20 .
- said support vehicle 18 comprising said detection device 20 makes it possible to arranged the functions of supplying the trench digging device 10 and of detecting at least the bathymetry of the bed 4 in a single vehicle.
- said support vehicle 18 comprises said control device 101 . In accordance with an embodiment, said support vehicle 18 comprises said control room. In accordance with an embodiment, said support vehicle 18 comprises said interface 107 . In accordance with an embodiment, said support vehicle 18 comprises said command device 102 .
- said support vehicle 18 is an aquatic vehicle, like for example, a ship or a vessel.
- said trenching assembly 1 comprises a detection device 24 , 26 , suitable for being directly or indirectly connected at least to said trench digging device 10 , said detection device 24 , 26 comprising said detection device 20 .
- said detection device 24 , 26 is an aquatic vehicle and comprises at least one radio station 16
- said support vehicle 18 comprises at least one radio station 16 , so as to form a radio frequency connection between said detection device 20 , when arranged on said detection device 24 , 26 and said at least one control device, arranged on or connected to said support vehicle 18 .
- a detection device 24 , 26 comprising said detection device 20 and connected by means of radio frequency connection with said support vehicle 18 makes it possible to detect the bathymetry of the bed 4 with improved freedom of movement.
- said detection device 24 , 26 is a remotely operated submarine 24 , or ROV 24 .
- said remotely operated submarine 24 is connected to said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 by means of a further connection cable 14 , suitable for transmitting a flow of electric energy and/or a flow of information.
- said detection device 24 , 26 comprises said control device 101 . In accordance with an embodiment, detection device 24 , 26 comprises said command device 102 .
- said trenching assembly 1 comprises at least one mechanical arm 22 , suitable for being connected at least mechanically to said main body 12 .
- said mechanical arm 22 comprises said detection device 20 .
- said mechanical arm 22 comprising said detection device 20 is primarily suitable for detecting the bathymetry of bed portions 4 arranged in the advancing direction of the trench digging device 10 .
- said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 comprises said control device 101 .
- said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 comprises said command device 102 .
- said trench digging device 10 comprises said detection device 20 , said control device 101 and said command device 102 , so as to arrange on a single trench digging device 10 the components suitable for automatically controlling and carrying out the digging of a trench having a predetermined burial depth 104 and a height difference along the longitudinal direction X-X less than a predefined tolerance 103 .
- each of said at least four ground contact units 32 is connected to said main body 12 by means of at least one leg 48 , suitable for driving the relative movement between said ground contact units 32 and said main body 12 .
- each of said at least one leg 48 is connected to the respective ground contact units 32 by means of a first mechanical joint 49 , suitable for allowing the free rotation between said leg 48 and said respective ground contact units 32 in a movement plane.
- said first mechanical joint 49 suitable for allowing the free rotation between said leg 48 and said respective ground contact units 32 in said movement plane, allows relative movements about an axis orthogonal to said movement plane, or pitch axis Y-Y, between said leg 48 and said respective ground contact units 32 .
- each ground contact unit 32 is mobile about the pitch axis Y-Y independently from the other ground contact units 32 .
- each ground contact unit 32 comprises a pitch axis Y-Y thereof.
- said trench digging device 10 comprises at least two laterally opposite ground contact units 32 with respect to the front main body, wherein the pitch axis Y-Y of one of said two opposite front ground contact units coincides with the extension of the pitch axis of the other of said laterally opposite ground contact units 32 with respect to the front main body.
- said trench digging device 10 comprises at least two laterally opposite ground contact units 32 with respect to the rear main body, wherein the pitch axis Y-Y of one of said two opposite rear ground contact units coincides with the extension of the pitch axis Y-Y of the other of said two laterally opposite rear ground contact units with respect to the rear main body.
- the provision of a joint suitable for allowing relative movements between said leg 48 and said respective ground contact units 32 about the pitch axis Y-Y allows said trench digging device 10 to maintain the constant balance conditions, while it proceeds on a bed characterized by high sloping gradients, like for example uneven slopes or sequences of dips and rises close together, as well as in the presence of obstacles such as holes or rocky outcrops.
- each of said at least one leg 48 is connected to said main body 12 by means of a second mechanical joint 51 , suitable for allowing the free rotation between said leg 48 and said main body 12 at least in one plane.
- said height adjustment device 34 comprises a hydraulic actuator 46 , for example of the cylinder-piston type, suitable for connecting said main body 12 with a portion of said leg 48 close to said first mechanical joint 49 , and suitable for cooperating with said first mechanical joint 49 and second mechanical joint 51 preventing, by means of rotation movement of said leg 48 , the movement of said ground contact units 32 connected to said leg 48 with respect to said main body 12 .
- a hydraulic actuator 46 for example of the cylinder-piston type, suitable for connecting said main body 12 with a portion of said leg 48 close to said first mechanical joint 49 , and suitable for cooperating with said first mechanical joint 49 and second mechanical joint 51 preventing, by means of rotation movement of said leg 48 , the movement of said ground contact units 32 connected to said leg 48 with respect to said main body 12 .
- said height adjustment device 34 is suitable for simultaneously and selectively affecting the position of said ground contact units 32 with respect to said main body 12 , and the movement about the pitch axis Y-Y of said ground contact units 32 independently from the other ground contact units 32 of said trench digging device 10 .
- said control device 101 is suitable for actuating said command device 102 to simultaneously and selectively affect the position of said ground contact units 32 with respect to said main body 12 , and the movement about the pitch axis Y-Y of said ground contact units 32 , based on information on the bathymetry of the bed 4 .
- At least one from said first mechanical joint 49 and said second mechanical joint 51 is a bush-pin type coupling. In accordance with an embodiment, at least one from said first mechanical joint 49 and said second mechanical joint 51 is a ball joint.
- said ground contact units 32 are unsuitable for steering independently from one another. In accordance with an embodiment, said ground contact units 32 are unsuitable for steering.
- said at least four ground contact units 32 comprise at least one track 36 .
- the provision of at least one track 36 allows the adherence of said ground contact units 32 on the bed 4 to be maximized.
- said at least four ground contact units 32 comprise at least two tracks 36 , and wherein said at least two tracks 36 are arranged on opposite sides of said main body 12 .
- the provision of at least two tracks 36 arranged on opposite sides of said main body 12 allows said trench digging device 10 to steer, through the effect of the different movement speed of one track 36 with respect to the other, arranged on the opposite side.
- said at least four ground contact units 32 comprise at least four tracks 36 .
- said four ground contact units 32 comprise at least one sliding block, primarily suitable for sliding on the bed 4 . In accordance with an embodiment, said four ground contact units 32 comprise at least one mechanical foot or a robotic foot.
- said four ground contact units 32 comprise at least one wheel.
- said at least four ground contact units 32 comprise at least two wheels, arranged on opposite sides of said main body 12 .
- the provision of at least two wheels arranged on opposite sides of said main body allows said trench digging device 10 to steer, through the effect of the different rotation speed of one wheel with respect to the other, arranged on the opposite side of said main body 12 .
- said device 10 comprises a protection system 28 of said continuous pipeline 2 , suitable for guiding said continuous pipeline 2 so as to prevent the position of said continuous pipeline 2 from interfering with said trench digging tool 30 , for example, but not necessarily, when a portion of said continuous pipeline 2 is raised from the bed 4 .
- said protection system 28 comprises a support portion 43 , suitable for guiding the relative sliding of said continuous pipeline 2 with respect to said main body 12 of said trench digging device 10 , and wherein said support portion 43 comprises at least one roller guide 44 , suitable for reducing the sliding friction between said continuous pipeline 2 and said support portion 43 .
- control device 101 and said command device 102 are connected to at least one portion of said protection system 28 .
- said trenching assembly 1 comprises a support vehicle 18 , adapted to supply said trench digging device 10 .
- a method for laying in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry a continuous pipeline 2 comprises the steps of:
- a method comprises at least one of the following further steps:
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